Crawford v. State

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• counsel’s fear that talkative defendant would “open the door” for prosecution provided reasonable strategic basis for putting defendant’s past crimes into evidence on direct examination
• counsel’s fear that talkative defendant would “open the door” for prosecution provided reasonable strategic decision to put defendant’s past crimes into evidence on direct examination
• “Although armed robbery is not a capital offense punishable by death, OCGA § 17-7-171 is the statute that applies to that offense”
• “Although armed robbery is not a capital offense punishable by death, OCGA § 17-7-171 and not OCGA § 17-7-170 is the statute that applies to that offense.” (citation omitted)
• trial counsel’s decision to introduce defendant’s prior convictions during defendant’s direct examination was reasonable where counsel testified that his strategy was to establish that defendant willingly admitted his past mistakes and did not try to conceal his past from the jury
• trial counsel’s decision to introduce defendant’s prior convictions during defendant’s direct examination was reasonable where counsel testified that his strategy was to establish that defendant willingly admitted his past mistakes and did not try to conceal his past from the jury

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smallwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-02-11· cited 22×
• Tolbert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-16· cited 17×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-04-11· cited 17×
• Redman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-08-29· cited 14×
• Crawford v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-27· cited 9×
• Cobble v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-09· cited 8×
• Everett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-04-06· cited 7×
• Kimmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-14· cited 6×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-14· cited 5×
• Gonzales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-07-26· cited 4×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-14· cited 3×
• Oliver v. the State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-05-02· cited 2×
• Bonakies v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-09-10· cited 2×
• Deanthony Hughley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-05-22
• State v. Darrell Reed Shelnutt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2022-10-04

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kelly v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-04· cited 60×
• Simmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-04-13· cited 21×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-21· cited 20×
• Rice v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-01-23· cited 15×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-05-15· cited 14×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-14· cited 14×
• Shire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-03-07· cited 13×
• Cooper v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-11-02· cited 11×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-05-26· cited 9×
• State v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-09· cited 8×
• Pryor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-05· cited 8×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-04-01· cited 7×
• McKay v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-08-08· cited 7×
• Levester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-08· cited 7×
• Graves v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-10-01· cited 5×